Wednesday Spill: Liza Donnelly On Emily Flake; Video Of Interest…Jason Chatfield With Hilary Campbell; Now That’s A Cover!

Liza Donnelly On Emily Flake Long time New Yorker contributor, Liza Donnelly continues her series of mini-essays on the cartoonists featured in her upcoming documentary, Women Laughing. Here’s her latest entry: “The Cartoons Of Emily Flake.” Ms. Flake (shown left) began contributing to The New Yorker in 2008. Visit her website here. –Above: An Emily Flake drawing from The New

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Friday Spill: Group Exhibit In Connecticut Includes Work By New Yorker Cover Artist, Arthur Getz; Liza Donnelly On Barbara Shermund; Two Chatfield Chats…Tom Toro, Liana Finck

Group Exhibit In Connecticut Includes Work By Arthur Getz   The Rose Algrant Show in West Cornwall Connecticut will include work by the late exceptionally great New Yorker artist Arthur Getz.  Mr. Getz holds the title of most prolific cover artist in the magazine’s history (213 in his 50 years of contributing). The Spill contacted Mr. Getz’s daughter for information

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Saturday Spill: New Yorker Cartoonists Substacks

                                     New Yorker Cartoonists Substacks Substacks by New Yorker cartoonists (if I’ve neglected to include someone, please let me know. I’ll continue to add to the list). Kyle Bravo: Kyle Bravo Cartoons…Mr. Bravo began contributing to The New Yorker in 2023. Visit his

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Saturday Spill: Video… Donnelly & Maslin On the 4th; Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of June 30 – July 4, 2025; Books On The Horizon…Toro, Chatfield

Video: Donnelly & Maslin On The 4th Liza Donnelly invited me to join her live, on her July 4th Substack. We talked about all sorts of things New Yorkery, then drew our takes on a 1941 James Thurber July 4th New Yorker cover. Watch here. _______________________________________________________________________ The Tilley Watch Online, June 30 -July 4, 2025 An end of the week

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